Dr. Clark, since we're starting this reminiscence right here
at Northside Center, I wonder if you could just concisely tell
what Northside Center is and does, as you did when you gave me this
tour this morning? Then, we know that you have other written
reports which can expand on that. But particularly, as you describe
this, describe your own involvement, and then we'll flash back to
the beginning, what the influences were as you grew up, that brought
you here to set up the Northside Center and to work with the
children here in Harlem.

Dr. Mamie Clark:

Well, I can tell you that the Northside Center
for child Development is the special agency for emotionally disturbed
children, and we also have what we call an umbrella of services
for the children. This includes psychiatric therapy, psychological
diagnosis and counselling, psychiatric social work for parents and
children, and other kinds of supplementary services, such as remedial
reading, medical diagnosis, and recreation for children, cultural